Japanese Knotweed

I saw found this walking through the North Woods of Central Park. As you can see in the picture, a lot of these plants were growing out of the base of rocks. These organisms seemed to be abundant in this ecosystem.

I also saw small insects moving about on the leaves of some of these plants, but I didn't get a picture. The soil around them was fairly dry, though I imagine they get a fair bit of rain every now and then. In can rain in NYC year-round.

Posted on April 15, 2021 02:46 PM by